Wire-stretcher.



C. L- GRAHAM.

WIRE STBETCHBR.

APPLICATION mum SEPT. 16. 1912.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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C. L- GRAHAM WIRE STRE'IGHER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1913 1, 1 1 3,002. Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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To all whom it may concern: 1

GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'Ashley,

State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in l/Vire-Stretchers, of which the following 1s a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in wire tighteners, adapted for use in taking up fence runners.

trating the The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mldwire fastener which is constructed so as to avoid the necessity of a frame for supporting the spool upon which the wire to be tightened is reeled, and to provide means connected directly to the spool for securing the same against manent fastening of the wire.

'With the above and other objects in view,

the improvement resides in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specificationand fallingwithin the scope. of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspectlve View of a wire tightener constructed in accordance with the present invention, and in operative position upon a 2 is a top plan view of the same and illushandle sustaining the wire against a backward or retrograde movement, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4: is a sectional view on the line H of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a per spective view of the runner after the same has been coiled to tighten the same with my improvement.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 1 designates the fence runners, one of whlch being adapted to be tightened and to thls runner is attached my improvement. The improvement embodies a spool 2 which has one of its ends formed with an integral head 3. The opposite end of the spool is provided with a non-circular extension 3, which is substantially square in cross section, and which is provided with a beveled transverse circular opening 4:. The squared end 4 is of less cross sectional diameter than the spool proper, so that a shoulder 5.is provided between the spool and the said ortion 3, and adapted to be arranged upon t e said is. a removable disk or in the county of McIn-.

and. is especially slack 1n wire backwardrotation during the .per-.

arm or lever 13.

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trally a head 6, thesame being formed with a cen Be it known tl12Lt-I,CHARLES LAYTON arranged non-circular opening 7 y Patented Oct. 6, 1914. Application filed September 16, 1913. Serial No.*790,082., i i

Also arranged upon the non-circular portion 3 of the spool 5 is a washer 8, which has anon-circular bore and which is adapted to abut Iwiththe outer:face of the disk 6 to permitof a substantially.frusto-conical key 9 passing through the opening 4 of the extension 3. a 1

Integrally formed upon the inner face of thedisk shaped head 30f the spool 2 is a hook 10, the said hook reducing in size from its base or its portion connected with the head 3 to its point, and the said hook is disposed angularly of the head 3 with relation to thetransverse spool 5, and also integrally;

formed upon the said head 3 and connected withthe outer face of the hook 10 is a substantially U-shaped: wall or ridge 11.

The outer face of the head 3 is provided with a centrally arranged cross sectional socket '12 for the reception of an operating This lever is provided with a plurality of openings 14: which are properly spaced to receive a removablepin or handle 15. The handle 15 has, what may betel-med its inner end, formed witha reduced extension 16, theshoulder provided between the said extension and the handle proper serving to limit the movement of the portion 16 through any of the openings 1% of the lever 13. The portion 16 of the handle is rounded in cross section, but is formed with a concavity 17 upon one of its by a pair of ordinary pliers to provide aloop and the spool 2 is inserted over the loop. The lever 13 is then applied to within the socket 12 and rotated through the medium of the handle 15, the said handle being arranged.

gage with the end of the loop provided in the runner, and a further rotation of the drum will form additional loops upon the drum until the desired tightness is ac-, quired.

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13 'is adjusted longitudinally within the socket 12, andthe handle may be removed from the opening with which it engages To sustain the wire in its tightened in order to prevent the uncoiling of the loop formed in the runner, the lever faces, the purpose of which will presently be 1 described. The loose runner 1 is first twisted When the spool is rotated and inserted in a tie Wire 18 has its opposite ends twisted in opposite directions upon the runner 1, as clearly shown in the figures of the draw v ing. The peculiar arrangement of the hook and the rib serves to not only retain the looped end of the coil in engagement with the hoolgvbut iiLlSO spreads the said loop, so that the same may *be readily removed from the spool after :the head16 is removed, and

also whereby the said loop and coil may be flattened :by .an ordinary :pincers, if no convenient post is found :to attach the loop of the coil. After the-tie 'Wi're has been fas- I .tened :to the runner, the handle may :be erotated so as to :bring its concavity out of engagement 'Wlfill the :runner and. so permit vof the ready removal .of vthe said handle.

It is to be understood :that the line Wire 1 is drawn longitudinally from opposite directions When the same isicoi'led as ,above;' described, so that the slack is taken up from both ends of the Wire. To disengage the loop from the hook 10,.i-t is merely necessary;

said handle having an inner concaved face.

:to revolve [the head :3 in an opposite direc- ,tion "to that described, and if necessary, nianual force may :bdemployed in effecting such disengagement.

Having pthusydescribed the invention What I claim is:

1. In atightener ,for Wire fences, having a head {provided with an inturned a spool? hook adapted 'to'receive'a 'loop in the Wire runner, a longitudinally adjustable operat ing lever for the spool, a handle for the lever,;s aid handle having a reduced extension, the said extension having one of its faces ooncaved, and the said concavity adap against retrograde movement after a portion of the said runner has been looped upon the spool.

2. In a Wireti-ghtener, for fence runners, a spool a hook upon one head of the spool adapted to receive a loop in a runner, a longitudinally movable operating lever for the spool, said lever having spaced openings, a handle :having a reduced portion passing through one of the openings, and the reduced portion of the said handle having a concave :face'adapted to serve as a runnerengaging lip.

3. In a Wire tightener, for fence runners,-

a spool having an integral head and a reniova'ble head, a hook formed upon the integral head and arranged angularly thereof, substantially V-shaped ridge increasing in Width from the perimeter of the head a and connected with the hook a socket upon the outer face of the head, a longitudinally adjustable lever passing through the socket,

said lever having spaced ope'nings,a handle JaSSlII throu h one of the o enin s and b b b 7 In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tvvo itnesses.

g 1 oHARLEsL YToN GRAHAM. Witnesses F. N. FULLERTON,

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some: this patent may hcobtained' for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents 'washingtomiwm ted to receive the runner to hold the same I 

